diff --git a/ansible/roles/bifrost/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/roles/bifrost/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 352e896c70..442cad658c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/bifrost/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/bifrost/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -41,17 +41,3 @@
      chown ironic:ironic /home/ironic/.ssh/id_rsa &&
      chown ironic:ironic /home/ironic/.ssh/id_rsa.pub &&
      chown ironic:ironic /home/ironic/.ssh/config'
-
-# Ironic creates hardlinks between the TFTP master image store and the
-# HTTP root path when iPXE is enabled. With Docker volumes used for these
-# locations we run into https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1507894
-# during deployment. If we use a directory under /httpboot to store the
-# master images this issue is avoided.
-- name: Configuring TFTP master image path
-  command: |
-    docker exec bifrost_deploy
-    bash -c 'cat >> /etc/ironic/ironic.conf << EOF
-    [pxe]
-    tftp_master_path = /httpboot/master_images
-    EOF
-    systemctl restart ironic-conductor'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/bifrost/templates/bifrost.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/bifrost/templates/bifrost.yml.j2
index 10ac974419..cc5ac14551 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/bifrost/templates/bifrost.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/bifrost/templates/bifrost.yml.j2
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ nginx_log_dir: "/var/log/kolla/nginx"
 
 ansible_python_interpreter: /var/lib/kolla/venv/bin/python
 network_interface: "{{ bifrost_network_interface }}"
+
+# Ironic creates hardlinks between the TFTP master image store and the
+# HTTP root path when iPXE is enabled. With Docker volumes used for these
+# locations we run into https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1507894
+# during deployment. If we use a directory under /httpboot to store the
+# master images this issue is avoided.
+ironic_tftp_master_path: "/httpboot/master_images"